The point being that if you depend on ANY item to make your living, you are vulnerable to having that living wiped away should the item become lost, stolen, rained on, destroyed in a fire, or otherwise compromised by an act of God, or an act or man, an act of nature or weather, or an act of Richard III gone horribly awry. As such, you've GOT to have at least one if not more "Plan B's" to work with - such as a secondary or used backup computer, or, another computer you can rent or borrow, or, a local library or other publically accesible computer center, or even insurance on the computer, such that you'd be able to get reimbursement for a replacement. You'll have a few options on what to do about your missing stuff, but the reality you're facing is that neither the criminal courts nor the civil courts work quickly, so do what you need to do to get those balls rolling, but realistically understand that it's likely that YOU are going to have to figure out a way to continue to make income without the missing equipment, for at least a few months - if not longer.

I did not get paid in those 2 months and they kept promising big things were going to happen soon, and I was to hang in there and be patient I didn't have a money to live on and I finally got sick of the idol promises.
What did your contract with your customer say about how, when, and how much you'd be paid? If they violated the contract, that's when you take them to court, asking for damages and court costs.


I got upset with the manager, raised heck and walked out! I came back to discover that I could not find my car keys, and the hard drive and memory had been removed from my computer
How long were you gone? Minutes? Hours? Days?


I brought the local police to the office and they said they knew nothing of my loss.
Ok, so police have been notified of the situation, that's good. Did you actually file a theft report? Did the officer say anything regarding followup investigation? The possibilities of where such an investigation might lead will depend at least in some part to the answer about how long you left the equipment unattended when your temper got the best of you and who may have had access to it during that time frame - from employees of the company, to customers of theirs, to the cleaning crew, etc. Unless police can identify a suspect, the report likely just stands as information taken down and the case dies for lack of leads. Such a report might, however, be enough for your insurance company to reimburse your loss - assuming you have such insurance.

suddenly my car keys showed up and Mr.Dr. Charles Dickens admitted to her that there were several hard drives in his posession and probably one was mine.
And you of course said "thank you for the return of my property - I'd also like my other missing property back, so that I don't have to contact police about this matter again with information that you have been in possession of at least some of my missing items". If you haven't done that yet, it's time.


Since then, about 3 weeks have gone by now, and they have been promising that the drive will be returned, nothing has been done.
You can either keep believing a company who hasn't kept a promise to you yet, or, you can take action of your own. You can sue for whatever portion of your work contract they violated by not paying you, and you can attempt to sue the manager that you feel took your items (remembering that accusing him of such isn't the same as PROVING that he's got those items).



My Mother has threatened them and the big boss man in Utah as well and he too says it will be returned.
Tell mom not to threaten people unless she wants legal troubles of her own. Threats are a great way to be on the wrong end of a restraining order, a criminal charge, or threats in return from someone more scary. File a police report for the theft. Bring a civil case for the missing pay.


They are doing nothing and I cannot pursue other work without my computer. I have customers wanting me to do Graphics work for them and I cannot do a thing. I am nor generating any money at this time because of them!
Then you'd better find access to another computer by SOME means. See above for possible suggestions. If you're looking at a living dependant on computers, this will be only the first of MANY MANY times you're going to find yourself needing a work around due to computer issues, so it's as good a time as any to start developing a contingency plan. And, if you sue in civil court, the court is going to expect you to have taken steps to mitigate your own damages.


Please tell me what I can do! I want to call the sheriff again and have them do a search of the office which is now set up at the managers apartment as they got evicted from the office space they were renting due to non payment of rent. I have the address and phone numbers.
That's not going to happen.


I need action now to get my life up and running and these crooks are stopping my life!
(a) police report
(b) sue in civil court

Neither of these is going to result in anything happening "now".